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All right, class.

Stay in line. And hold hands.

Hey,

kids. Welcome to Taffy Town.

Okay, everybody.

Come on, follow me, all right?

Come on, come this way. Come on.

Sit down right here, okay?

Come on.

Come on. Tommy.

All right, I want everybody to pay attention to the TV screen, okay?

somebody very special has something to say to you.

Ready? Yeah!

Cheeseburger and french fries.

No, that's too much.

Chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream.

No, that won't do.

Oh, a surprise.

I didn't hear you come in.

I'm Uncle Dudley, the man who makes all the taffy in the world.

Maybe you could help me.

I'm looking for a new delicious flavor for our taffy.

What do you think of old socks and vanilla?

No!

How about motor oil marshmallow?

No!

Oh, let's see.

Fizzle.

Razzle. Razzleberry!

Yeah!

Oh,

oh, careful.

Well, we've got enough. Now, you have to help me. Count to seven.

One.

He's charming.

Is Uncle Dudley my assignment?

Oh, no, Angel Girl. Uncle Dudley's been dead for five years.

Oh, he seemed so young.

Well, he was then.

This was made 35 years ago. Oh, there you go.

So, who knows what happens to the taffy once we mix it in the pot?

Nobody knows at all?

Well, taffy is made in a golden secret valley behind Taffytown

by the cheeriest, happiest family in Candy Mountain.

Every teeny, tiny tidbit of taffy.

It's made by little itty bitty loving hands.

I'd better get back to work.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

You know, I get the feeling that I'm forgetting something.

Something I wanted everybody to take home with them.

Taffy!

Taffy, that's right, Taffy. Make sure our official Taffy giver -aware gives it

all the way to you. Will you do that for me, Taffy Tom?

I certainly will, Uncle Dudley.

Okie dokie, then.

Bye, everybody.

Goodbye and love.

From the man who makes all the taffy in the world.

Bye. Bye.

Okay. Everybody ready?

Here we go. Get some taffy.

There you go.

Hey, guys.

You see that man over there?

This man is Uncle Dudley's son.

Mr. Beaumont, you going to finish handing out the taffy?

No.

Excuse me.

You know, I remember seeing the same movie when I was a little girl. I bet he

was a wonderful father.

Well, the children eat him up.

Yeah, well, that happens all the time.

This factory has been going strong for 65 years.

And now it's in trouble.

Do you know why?

I think so.

It's run by the saddest man in the world.

When you walk down the road,

heavy burden, heavy load, I

will ride and I will walk with you.

I'll walk.

Till the sun don't even shine.

Walk with you.

Every time I tell you I'll walk with you.

Walk with you. Believe me, I'll walk with you.

You ever put me on the spot like that again and you're out of here.

Yes, sir. I only allow these tours because I've got no choice.

But I don't have to be a part of them.

I know that. But if you would... No, listen. Listen to me.

I am not that guy.

I wish I was.

But I'm not.

My dad was that guy.

Some of us belong behind the scenes.

What?

Hello.

I'm Monica.

I'm the efficiency expert that you called for.

Very prompt. Good start.

Come with me, Monica.

And I'll show you what we're up against.

That's all, Andrew.

Come on.

We make the best taffy in the country. There's no pulling.

There's no stretching.

See, that makes it tough.

This stuff melts in your mouth.

Costs are up.

Production's down.

The profit margin is smaller.

I'm using the same equipment, the same crew.

I'm using the same ingredients.

That my father used, but I'm not getting the same result.

Okay, Bo, you gonna just stand there?

Or say something?

We've got company, Clarence. I thought so.

Hello, I'm Monica.

I'm here to... Yeah, Monica's consulting today.

Come on, let's go.

Bye.

Hmm.

He may have lost his sight, but his sense of pace was amazing. His father

him years ago.

Kind of a permanent fixer around here.

All right.

He gets measured upstairs, comes down through these chutes, gets bagged,

and shipped.

With love from the man who makes all the taffy in the world. No, no, with an

invoice. It's a failing business, Monica.

And I want to know why. And I want to know fast.

I want your assessment by the end of the day.

Well, just for the record, what's your assessment?

I don't know.

Hello.

Hi.

My name is Monica. I'm doing some work for Mr. Beaumont.

Oh, well, that's great.

I'm Susie. What can I do you for?

Well, I'm trying to find out why production is down in the plant.

Well, let's see.

Everybody that's working here has worked here forever.

My daddy and my mom and my two sisters all worked here. My folks retired a

couple years ago.

And my daddy worked this very machine, of course.

Things were a bit newer then.

Has Mr.

Beaumont Jr. not been keeping up the maintenance?

Oh, no, don't get me wrong.

Beau is a good man.

He's a wonderful man.

tough to be the son of somebody that everybody loves so much.

And does nobody love both?

Well, somebody does.

And does he love somebody back?

Hey, this is taffy town.

Everybody loves everybody.

I better get back to work.

Hello, I'm Monica.

You must be Isaac.

Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?

Yeah.

How long have you been working here?

Forever.

Do you think that there have been too many changes around here or not enough?

Everything's changed.

Everything.

I see that you're married.

No.

Isaac's wife and daughter were killed three years ago in a car accident.

And he keeps to himself a lot.

He must be in a lot of pain.

But you're going to help him, aren't you?

What makes you think that?

I don't know, but there's been something missing here for a long time.

Oh, sure, the people are the same and the candy's the same, but the feeling,

that's not the same.

When you walked in here today, I felt a little of that old feeling walking here

with you.

It was something... I don't want to seem stupid, but... It was cosmic.

That doesn't sound stupid to me, Clarence.

Sometimes I think if I see another piece of taffy, I'll scream.

But what you gonna do?

I've been working here since I was 15.

And if I quit, then they're in trouble.

Because I'm essential.

This is my machine.

And without this machine, that tap is going nowhere.

I see.

You're looking for efficiency?

Well, I am Miss Efficiency.

You are?

Well, Mrs. Efficiency.

Ah, so you're married.

I've got a husband that's been laid off for seven months.

That must be very difficult for you.

Hey, you're not going to hear me complain, but life is hard, you know.

The only way to survive is to be efficient.

That's it.

This happy -in -the -workplace idea died with old Dudley.

Efficiency's all that's left.

That's the stupid you're looking for.

Shouldn't you be writing this down?

Sorry to interrupt.

Do you think I could borrow a pen?

Oh, not very efficient of you to not bring a pen.

Tomorrow must be a very special day.

Then why do you say that?

I see that you have tomorrow's date circled in your calendar.

Did you close the door on your way out?

Hello, Clarence.

Oh, hi, Monica. How's it going?

Well, I'm not sure.

But I don't think efficiency is the problem around here.

Well, neither do I, and neither does Bo.

What do you mean?

Well, I hear a lot of things around this place I'm not supposed to hear.

Such as?

Such as, according to Dudley's will, his son can't sell the factory for five

years. He hoped that Bo would...

come to love this place by then.

But it's been five years and he hasn't done that.

No, he hasn't, but maybe it's because he just doesn't know how.

He has it all, you know. Good business, loyal employees, and a woman who'd love

him forever.

He just never learned to love any of it back.

Now I guess our time is up.

He's going to do it, Monica. He's going to sell this place right out from under

all of us.

And he's going to do it tomorrow I

know

why tomorrow is vital to you.

No, I don't think you do You're selling this place, aren't you?

Well, what do you suggest, Monica? I mean, you've walked around, you've

to some of the people.

What do you suggest that I do?

There are good people here, Bo.

People that need this place and each other. You're one of them.

No. No, I am not one of them.

I've never been one of them, and I don't ever want to be one of them.

Now, look, your job here is not to analyze me.

Your job is to identify problems with the factory and come up with solutions.

Have you done that?

Yes, I have.

And the biggest problem is right here in this office.

Your father created a family here.

And whether you like it or not, you have now become the head of that family. But

your lack of appreciation for anything or anyone has spread like a disease

throughout this factory.

You don't appreciate what you have in your life, so it's easy for the others

ignore the wonderful things in theirs.

What you have here is a spiritual problem.

No amount of money in the world will fix it.

Thank you.

Because you have just given me the answer that I've been looking for.

You've had no intention of saving this place, have you?

I've done everything I can. I even brought in an efficiency expert.

You had that date marked in the calendar before I was hired.

Doesn't matter.

You confirm my decision for me.

How would your father feel about this?

Oh, well, I'm sure he'd be disappointed in me, just like everyone else around

here. But you know what I learned a long time ago?

You can't please everyone.

Not even yourself?

Let's just get right down to it.

It's no secret that things haven't been going as well around here as they used

to.

I'm not here to point any fingers.

No, that's what you brought her here for, isn't it?

No. No, this isn't Monica's fault, Norma.

Well, it sure isn't mine.

Are you going to fire somebody, Bo?

Is that it?

Look, bottom line,

This place isn't working right anymore.

And I didn't know what to do about it.

So I called in Monica to check it out.

She found some problems. Some big problems.

Some problems that I cannot fix.

So, after very careful consideration, I decided to

sell the place.

This place would be dismantled and...

The property will be storage warehouse.

Where will you go?

Probably move back east.

Hey, I am sorry.

You know, there's nothing more for me to do. If there were, I would have done

it.

Well, actually, maybe there is.

I have a plan.

Oh, really? You have a plan? What kind of plan?

A really good one.

Will you give me to the end of the day?

You said you'd do anything.

Come on, Bo.

Isn't there something here worth saving?

All right.

You want to the end of the day?

You got it.

End of the day.

So what's the plan? I don't know.

I need a plan.

I need to find out what's missing here.

Remember when I told you...

That there was something missing here?

Yes, I've been trying to find it.

I think I just have.

Can you feel it?

What?

This was the way it always used to feel here.

It's... It's wonderful. It's powerful.

There's something alive in the air.

I know what it is.

It's what happens when you pray.

Hey.

How's the plan going?

Really well. I think you'll be pleased.

Hello, baby.

What do you want me to set up?

This is Tess. She's a friend of mine, and she's part of the plan.

Set it up right over there, baby. Okay.

What's going on here?

I think you'll like it. Why don't you sit down and listen?

Tess, you know I don't actually play the piano.

You do now. Just give it a try.

Go on, give it a try.

That's just fine.

Can we move this along a little bit? I mean, I've got quite a bit of packing

left here to do.

I, Dudley Beaumont, Sr., being of sound mind and body... That's my father's

will. Where did you get that?

It's a matter of public record. Sit down, Junior.

I, Dudley Beaumont, Sr., being of sound mind and body, do hereby make this my

last will and testament.

Testament. Remember that word. It'll be important later.

Skip on down to the other part.

Ah, to my sonbo.

It is my dream that you will come to love this company as much as I do, and

you will run it not just as a place to generate income, but as a place where

people of different backgrounds and color and flavor can work together in a

spirit of fun and friendship.

We never did have realistic expectations.

Your father had something better than expectations.

He had faith.

I know what the secret ingredient of this taffy company was.

It was the prayers that your father said for the people in this factory every

day of his life.

And when the praying stopped, so did the joy.

So? So the praying's gonna start all over, and this time we're doing it with

music. Well, you're wasting your time.

And you're wasting my time.

Because there's no way that I'm changing my mind.

It's not your mind I'm trying to change.

Come on, baby, leave that piano right there. We got some more equipment to

in. What do you think you're going to do, huh?

You think you're going to save this factory by having a sing -along?

Oh, hold on to your taffy.

What's going on, Isaac?

Don't ask me.

This is Taff.

She's a friend of mine.

Sound check.

Sound check.

Excuse me. Who are these people?

Highly trained professionals.

I don't know what you're doing, but we got work to do. Yes, we do.

Hello? Hello?

May I have your attention, please?

All of you are very good at making taffy.

But old Dudley, he was good at making something sweeter.

Because he knew.

that God inhabits the praise of his people.

And he wanted God to inhabit this place.

And so he praised him every day.

And he thanked him for each and every one of you. And he invited him in.

But when old Dudley died, the praise died with him.

Now it seems that the good spirit

Of this place is gone.

But God has not left.

The praise left.

Sensing.

Feeling.

Surely.

The present.

Of the Lord. Is in this place.

I can feel his mighty power and his grace.

I can hear the brush of angels' wings.

I see glory on each face.

Surely the presence of the Lord.

Can't you feel it?

Who's going to help me sing?

I will.

I can feel him.

Then tell him, Clarence.

In the midst of his children, the Lord said he would be.

It doesn't take very many. It takes just two or three.

And I feel that same sweet spirit that I felt of times

before.

Surely I can say that I've been with the Lord.

Surely the present.

Oh, the Lord is in this place.

I can feel his mighty power and his grace.

And I can hear the brush of angels' wings. I see glory on

each face.

Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.

Oh, surely. I said surely.

The presence of the Lord is in

this place.

He's here in this room.

Don't you feel it? That means he's here for all of you people.

So who's going to stop worrying about your troubles and start...

Not for your blessing.

Your friends, he sure knows how to speak her mind.

Just like you, Norma.

What is going on in there?

It's my turn.

I know there's someone up there who loves me.

Yes, he does.

Even if someone down here does not.

How's it going?

Well, Dull hasn't come out of his office.

You better hurry.

Would you care to join us?

Praying isn't going to make any difference to God.

Praying doesn't change him, but it can change you.

Into what?

My father.

Into the best man you can be.

I don't know what that is.

You got five minutes.

Hey, Bo, I think you should take a look at these steam pipes and the cut and

wrap. Every day, it's thumping out.

Um, Bo, I don't think that's the same thing. There's a lot of pressure

up in the pipes.

Yeah. Well, you know what?

After tomorrow, it's not going to make a bit of difference to me.

I'm going to live what I believe.

here, Bo?

Are you here to praise or propose?

Excuse me.

I got something to say.

Folks around here, they know about the troubles I've had, you know, losing my

family and all.

And you don't hear me talk about it much, but I do every time that

I pray.

And I learned that from your daddy.

I learned all of that from him.

He was a good man.

If you're sick, feeling low, got nowhere to

go. Hey y 'all, hand it over.

Yes.

Get on your knees and pray.

Hey y 'all, just hand it over. Hand it over.

Give it up. Give it over.

Susie loves you.

They all love you.

Why can't you accept that?

Monica! Anybody!

I'm here.

Are you all right?

Are you?

This whole place must have blown apart.

I don't hear anybody out there.

Oh, my God, all those people.

Is this the power of prayer?

One minute they're singing praise to God, the next minute this?

This is the next minute.

Thank you, Father.

What, are you thanking God?

What, are you insane?

Why are you thanking God?

I'm thanking him for being with us in our time of need.

Oh, good. Okay, well, you just stand there, and you pretend you just stay in

your little make -believe world, and you pretend that there's not 20 people

buried alive out there.

And Susie's out there, and I'm getting out of here.

You've been trying to do that for years.

Help! Help!

Hello? Can anybody hear me?

He hears you.

He always hears you.

Where is he?

This is an answer to your call.

I'm an angel.

I was thinking of him. and more in the lines of the fire department.

They're on their way, but God is already here.

Well, what about the others? I mean, are they okay?

God is with them, too.

Which brings us back to you.

Ted, how did you...

I think you've got the idea, and I don't have a lot of time to dilly -dally.

When was the last time you watched that movie that your daddy made?

What, a stupid Candy Mountain movie?

I guess the last time I saw that thing all the way through was when I was a

You got no idea how hard it was growing up in the shadow of somebody like that.

I mean,

Uncle Dudley loved all the kids, and all the kids loved Uncle Dudley.

But I didn't want Uncle Dudley.

I wanted my dad.

And I didn't want to have to share him with everybody all the time.

Well, if that's all you remember, baby, you're missing the big picture.

And I think it's time you watched that movie again.

I mean, really watched it.

Well, I can't get down there right now. And even if I could, I don't think I

would do it.

Well, isn't it convenient that I'm an angel and I can make it all happen?

So, that's how candy is made on Candy Mo.

But before we say goodbye, there's something I want to talk to you about.

Something that's very important.

Someday, you're going to be all grown up, and taffy isn't going to

matter very much.

There will be some difficult choices you'll have to make.

And maybe even some hard times.

But if you can see the moon rising on a beautiful night, if you can look in the

mirror and know that you told the truth, and if you find somebody

special to love, remember, there's somebody you need to thank

for that.

That's the one who made this whole beautiful world for us.

And if you count your blessings every night like I do, it'll always be a

beautiful world.

And I hope that when you grow up, you'll do that.

And come back to Taffy Town.

Let Uncle Dudley know that you're happy.

Okay?

Well, I better get back to work.

That was your father's true testament.

His dream of blessings and happiness for all children.

But don't you think it's because he first dreamed of it for you?

Yeah.

Yeah, some people, uh...

You're good at making friends. You know, some people are good at asking somebody

out on a date or getting kids to laugh. I'm, you know, I'm not. I just don't

have that in me.

Will you stop talking about what you don't have and start thanking God for

you do have?

That's what your father did.

There's no secret to that.

Yeah, but I'm not my father.

No, you're not.

You're Bo.

And God loves you for who you are.

The unique person that he made you to be.

And he has given you special blessings that are your very own.

When you see the moon rising gently on your field.

And the wind blows softly on your face.

If the sunset lingers while cathedral bells peal and

the moon has risen to her place.

You can thank the Father for the things that he has done.

And thank him.

for the things he's yet to do.

And if you find a love that tender, if you find someone who's true,

thank the Lord, he's been doubly good to you.

Yeah, it's been good to me.

Well, there's no time like the present to tell him so.

Go ahead and try. We're not going anywhere.

You don't know what's on the other side of that wall any more than you know

what's on the other side of tomorrow.

But God is with you right now in the very moment, and there's nothing to be

afraid of because he loves you so much, Bo.

Thank him.

Thank him for everything you have.

Thank him for who you are.

Thank him for who he is.

Praise God for everything, even if you don't understand it all.

That's what Thanksgiving is all about.

I don't know. I don't know any songs.

I know one song.

One song that my father used to sing.

I see the stars.

I hear the rolling thunder.

Thy power throughout.

The universe displayed.

Everything is my own. I hear something.

Hello, is somebody in there?

Yes.

Yes, we're here.

We're in here.

Okay, hold on. Stay back.

Hey.

You hurt anywhere? No, no, I'm fine. I'm okay.

What happened?

The steam pipe blew up right by Trish's machine.

But she, um, she wasn't there. She was thing with everybody else in the mixing

room.

It's a good idea.

Okay.